Posted in architecture, art, california cultural anthropology, city planning, tagged architectural details, architecture, beatnik, California, mexican tile, spanish colonial revival architecture, spanish tile, tile roof on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Jeff Shelton is my favorite moorish/spanish colonial revival style architect… BY FAR! He makes FUN buildings. Take Gaudi’s assistant Josep Maria Jujol, mix with Dr. Seuss, toss in a bit of MC Escher… and then stir in a bunch of tile… more than a bunch actually. I think Jeff must have some sort of back door arrangement with a a mexican encaustic tile factory somewhere.
Dig around on his site… you will love it… I guarantee it!
Posted in architecture, san luis obispo, tagged architectural details on January 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A lot of folks have asked about the siding on our tower house. It is from WF Norman and is their “Pitch Faced Stone” pattern. It was used mostly in the late 1800′s and early 1900′s in cowboy towns… usually painted… but I prefer it natural. We dug around for a long time to find the folks who make this stuff. They are in Missouri.. (of course) and have been making it since way back. When I called them they said that they hadn’t made any in about 50 years! I had to order a lot to get them to dig out the dies from the back forty somewhere… but it was worth it! When you first put it up… it looks like your project is wrapped in tin foil and it is really shiny. It dulls down after a couple of years. (these photos are about 3 years old… the stuff is getting a pretty good dull galvanized look now)…. it goes well with the redwood triple lap siding on the tower… which is also finally greying down a bit. I easily sold the tin I didn’t need to a few other folks who saw ours.
Posted in architecture, tagged architectural details on January 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
check out these shingles from barkhouse.com
I am using them on tiny house in Carmel.. they are made of Poplar bark. They don’t require any maintenance… and go well with dutch doors… rock porches… clinker brick fireplaces… faux bois garden furniture and black rod-brake english three speed bikes.
Posted in architecture, tagged architectural details on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
detail of really crazy gutter spout I found in Zermatt, Switzerland… over the top… but done of simple materials. It makes the whole building.
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